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Appointments, Resignations, Deaths (12/16/2016)

Compiled by Anais Strickland December 11, 2016
Marsha Kelliher
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CHIEF EXECUTIVES

Appointments

Karl Einolf was named president of the Indiana Institute of Technology. Mr. Einolf, who is dean of the Richard J. Bolte Sr. School of Business at Mount St. Mary’s University, in Maryland, will start on July 1.

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Marsha Kelliher
Marsha Kelliher

CHIEF EXECUTIVES

Appointments

Karl Einolf was named president of the Indiana Institute of Technology. Mr. Einolf, who is dean of the Richard J. Bolte Sr. School of Business at Mount St. Mary’s University, in Maryland, will start on July 1.

Marsha Kelliher will become president of Walsh College, in Michigan, in April. Ms. Kelliher is now dean of the Sigmund Weis School of Business at Susquehanna University.

W. Joseph King was named president of Lyon College. He will start on July 1. Mr. King is senior adviser to the president at Emory & Henry College and interim executive director of the National Institute for Technology in Liberal Education.

Pareena Lawrence, provost at Augustana College, in Illinois, was appointed president of Hollins University. She will succeed Nancy Oliver Gray, who will retire in June after leading Hollins for 12 years.

Juan Sanchez Munoz was selected as the next president of the University of Houston-Downtown. He is currently vice provost for undergraduate education and student affairs at Texas Tech University.

Mark Nook, chancellor of Montana State University at Billings, was named president of the University of Northern Iowa.

Vincent Price, provost at the University of Pennsylvania, has been named president of Duke University. Mr. Price, who will start on July 1, will succeed Richard H. Brodhead, who has led the university since 2004.

Alan Price, associate director of management for the Peace Corps and acting chief of staff at the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, was appointed president of Earlham College.

Resignations

Royce Engstrom, president of the University of Montana at Missoula since 2010, will step down on December 31. Sheila Stearns, a former state commissioner of higher education, will become interim president.

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Karen Lawrence plans to step down as president of Sarah Lawrence College next summer, after a decade in office.

Retirements

Nancy Oliver Gray, president of Hollins University, effective in June.

CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICERS

Appointments

Maria Cronley, associate provost and associate vice president for academic affairs at Miami University (Ohio), to provost and vice president for academic affairs at Ohio Northern University.

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William Ehmann, interim associate provost at Mercy College, to provost and vice president for academic affairs and enrollment management at Marymount University.

Jose Herrera, associate vice president for academic affairs and dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Western New Mexico University, to provost and vice president for academic affairs at Mercy College.

OTHER TOP ADMINISTRATORS

Appointments

Tamara Clunis, dean of academic success, to interim vice president for academic affairs at Amarillo College.

Resignations

Deborah Vess, vice president for academic affairs at Amarillo College.

DEANS

Appointments

Kern Maass, associate dean of the College of Fine and Applied Arts at Appalachian State University, to dean of the College of Music and Fine Arts at Loyola University New Orleans.

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Richard Rosen, director of the Center for Military Law and Policy and a professor of law, to interim dean of the School of Law at Texas Tech University.

Retirements

Lee Van Orsdel, dean of university libraries at Grand Valley State University, effective December 31.

OTHER ADMINISTRATORS

Appointments

Sandra Haynes, dean of the College of Professional Studies, to deputy provost at Metropolitan State University of Denver.

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